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Stossel correspondent Kennedy and John Tillman of the Illinois Policy Institute discuss recent union actions and whether they have too much power.
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Let's go back to that union rally where the unions wanted a second bill of rights to protect -- should I was pleased that most of the protesters I talked to were simple.
Some yelled but we could have an argument.
Kennedy had a different experience maybe because she had the nerve to propose a second bill rates and -- employers bill of rights.
Around the grandy -- right couldn't help my only that we crafted something to protect small business.
The right to hire and fire ants and the right to relocate my business from anywhere yeah the right to determine -- example.
Kennedy spent more time at the rally -- -- she marched along and -- was fine until she tried to get workers to sign her petition for their employers bill of rights.
-- people -- -- -- classes as right now and you wanna build America to America yeah.
I don't use go like I think delusional -- It's a fire -- -- Syron came from some union members whose response to Kennedy's proposal was.
Drowning her -- Are you you can.
So what was that about they just stated what you heard they didn't want their people.
They -- like the question.
Now and then a lot of that's -- bosses they didn't want union members to think for themselves they didn't want them to express their opinions DO.
Hello from the media and they don't really upset that someone from Fox Business -- there is showing most going on at the rally and you know.
Then they were until you raise the concept of an employer having some rights to.
I am sympathetic to small business -- I am my husband.
Okay.
Teachers sending 36 hours a week on the job they love their passion about.
My husband is up until 2:3 in the morning and to -- -- it it takes.
Globes of steel.
And and that is why I'm so sympathetic to business owners in this country in this environment -- taxes go up and.
-- many of by contrast at the rally many union workers acted as if they -- their -- civil rights laws do say employers can't fire you.
Because of age gender race disability the unions take it further -- they say the employer has no right to say.
No religious displays -- that you have to dress professional.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- Now and then and.
No no longer and also the boss invests in the company and he doesn't get to determine the wage and that's -- was that's the attitude among many America.
-- and -- the -- this the idea of collective bargaining.
It's so condescending and it basically said that individuals are not able to think for themselves that they cannot negotiate allegedly for themselves.
And that deception insults well so people.
All harder.
Not wise to this -- they want to get together and bargain and that's freedom of.
Association you know what -- -- flea market on a Saturday.
That doesn't mean that you have to impose your will writ large on the rest of the country because most people don't wanna be -- part of the union and public unions what do you like it or not are bankrupting states like California.
OK.
Can -- little.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- And we has a monopoly provider service they are taking control of our government the local and state level away from we the people.
And that's the thing that we have to start publishing.
It's I don't see people striking outside movie theaters or super markets.
It's the monopoly government area I think it really tells us who has the power in this relationship and the mayor who had a reputation for being tough guy.
Was completely essentially rolled by the union and had to go to a court to try to get them to come back to work.
And the union -- all the power all the control because they are -- provider of service from a not a monopoly provider monopolies -- -- market which has competition once strikes they've.
They might almost -- -- -- only way to trade a mechanism of accountable and education for example is school choice that empowers the parents instead of empowering the school system or the union why is that such a dirty concept I don't understand it's not.
We're for it on this show.
I thought I don't.
